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Electrical installation
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- Summary
- An overview of a household electrical system. You can zoom in or out using the zoom buttons, and can move the house by clicking and dragging.
All the devices can be turned on and off using your mouse.
The meter outside the house can be opened by clicking on it, as can the fuse box. Inside the latter, you will find the circuit breaking devices that will stop the flow of current if the maximum power (6600 W) is exceeded. In that case, some appliances would have to be turned off, and then, inside the fuse box, the main switch would have to be used to reactivate the system.
The Flash 7 Plug-in is required.
- Learning objectives
- To have an overview, and to learn the names of the parts, of a household electrical system
- To view the wiring of each device and the central role of the fusebox.
- To show that every device is connected to the ground.
- To distinguish between power (kW) and energy (kWh).
- How to use the animation
- Click on the devices to switch them on/off.
Rollover the devices to view their electrical connections as well as, with the data button activated, their power consumption.
Click on the meter (outside the house) or the fusebox (in the living room) to open them.
Click on the
or 
to zoom in or out. Click and drag the screen to move the house around.
- Keywords
- electricity, ground, fuse, circuit-breaker, wire, power, energy, electrical, installation, meter, fusebox, current,
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